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Our Mr. Wrenn
by Lewis, Sinclair
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (small). Slight sunning and fading to spine; slight stains, rubbing and browning to covers (cloth; chiefly to edges); previous owners' ink and pencil names and inscriptions (front free endpaper and blank leaf at rear); slight internal browning to edges and endpapers. [8], 253, [1] pages. Later issue of the author's second book, concerning the adventures of a New York City bachelor businessman. Originally published by Harper & Brothers in December of 1913 (with 1914 imprint; see Johnson/Blanck, page 287); this copy has 1914 copyright date and Harper code 'C-O' (i.e. March, 1914) on title page verso. Exceptionally scarce in any edition, issue and/or condition; still a fairly tight copy internally.
Synopsis
Mr. Wrenn is employed as a sales-entry clerk for the Souvenir and art novelty company. His Job demands eight or more hours each day, but he commits the rest of his free time reading travel books and attending travel pictures at the Nickelorian. All of his drab and dreary life Mr. Wrenn has visions of traveling to a foreign land until one day, surprisingly, the dream comes true. He finds himself roaming uncharacteristically around England attended by a young female artist. When he returns to the Job in New York, he falls in love with a charming girl named Nellie. The untroubled tempo of routine is interrupted when the girl he traveled with in England appears. Mr. Wrenn is surprised but recovers his composure and marries Nellie, ready to surrender his dreams. Please Note: This book has been reformatted to be easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. The Microsoft eBook has a contents page linked to the chapter headings for easy navigation. The Adobe eBook has bookmarks at chapter headings and is printable up to two full copies per year. Both versions are text searchable.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L063803
- Title
- Our Mr. Wrenn
- Author
- Lewis, Sinclair
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- Lewis, Sinclair American Literature 20th Century American Ficition Romance New York City QX91, , , , , , ,
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Seattle, Washington
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